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Sunday, December 28, 2014

Boxing Day

On the 26th I decided we should observe Boxing Day. Seemed as good an excuse as any to meet some friends I hadn't met before. And besides, Turk needed some windshield time and a loop trip seemed the potential cure.

We started out by crossing the Salt River to get to the other side, and to visit some folks who are exploring Life's Little Adventures. We'd been criss-crossing Jim & Gayle's trail for a good part of the summer, and then I just missed them in Zion last month. Gayle had commented about BJ's Christmas cookies so we started the trip by taking them some cookies and a bag of fresh citrus. I didn't get a picture of their site, but did get a later picture of part of their view.

We drove north on the Beeline to Jake's Corner and hung a hard right. I don't think I'd been down this section of road since my great uncle, who lived in Sleepy Hollow, passed away. We started looking for a very well known RV blogger that we knew was staying in one of the campgrounds near Lake Roosevelt. We crossed back over the Salt River driving through every open loop of the mostly empty campgrounds.

The sun was rapidly disappearing and the campgrounds were already in shadows when we finally spotted the target. It was really nice to say Merry Christmas and share some cookies and fresh citrus with her before before our refrigerator managed to eat all the cookies.

Turk enjoyed the road trip and we got to put faces to bloggers that we've only known online. Maybe the Brits really had a good idea with this Boxing Day thing.